Canopy for automobiles.



E T ROBINSON CANOPY FOB. AUTOMOBILES v APPLICATION FILBD'IBB. 11, 1908. I I- 905,001 Patented Nov. 24,1908.

E. T. ROBINSON. CANOPY r03 AUTOMOBILES.

, APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1908. 905 3001 Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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" ofthe forin shown in Fig. IX.-

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I residing at 'the city of St Louis,-in the. State tion taken through the bows 0fthe canopy tive (view 036- one ofthe' separatingantifricr-men STATES o rio-n s'r Louis, MISSOUR canopyon A GOIt PORATION. v

1%.. 905,001 specification Latte i Patent. Patented Nov. 24, 1908.

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I I Be it known that I; Enwnnn- TigRon-mson a :citizen of "the-'United states of America,

of 'lvfissouri, have invented "certain new a d useful Improvementsin Canopies for Au-o mobilesgaofwhich the-following is a ful clear, f and1 exact description, reference bein'" had to-theaccompanying drawings, formin'g partof this specification.

lily invention relates 'to I canopies for automobiles' andit has for its obj ect' the construction of an automobile 1 canopy which may be readily put in place upon an auto'' mobile-0r removed therefrom and which may be also used upon theautomobilein acollapsedcondition, f Y Figure I is-a side elevation-of-anlautomobile equipped'with mycanopy shown in ele vated position. Fig II' is' a sideelevation' ofthetautomobile shown in Fig. I withthe canopy illustrated in.- a shifted andlowered automobile body and one-of theforwa'rdbracket sfarried by the body andto which" the front bows of the canopy are connected.- Fig. IV is an enlarged elevation of=one of' the forwardbrackets-shown in FighIII. Fig, Viis an enlarged-vertical section taken on line--VV, Fig. I. Fig. VI is an en-' larged elevation of' one of the rear brackets utilized -for the support ofthe rear bows of the canopy Fig. VII is -an'en1arged=eleva-- tion of one of the-bow irons by whijchjhemain? rear bow r oi thecanopy; is supported; Fig, VlII;is,. -ins partan enlarged-=-cross-secinrlowered position and the separattirigantifriction-members-carried bysaid b'ow's and arms bywhich th'ebows are supported when tliey are in lowered position Fig. IXt-is anthe canopy bows, and FigrXiiska perspee--- tronzmembers that mates with the members In the accompanying drawings 2 A 12.designptessacanopy: coverthat is p rtei abovethe automobile body A. by for A :ard s id ody as will hereinafter'appear.

, 2 designatesborizontal' longitudinally arf fthe automobile body at forward locations ,flnd which= are provided i with transverse tbpenings- 3- extendingborizontally therend rear bows 'detachably connectedfto EDWARD T'.. ROBINSON ,OF- ST-J'LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSI GjNOR T O ST. LOUIS GAR COMPANY,- OF I tinged-brackets that are secured to the'sides tlirouglgf'fand radial-. slots4,- extendingout w lvvardiy and forwardly from said openings,

asseen in Figs-.- II-and-IV, Eachbracket 2'-is providedwith a forwardly and down-- 'Wardlyextending curvedhandle 5' which is .adapted t'o-begrasped by persons in enteringwtlie forward portion of the automobile.- The forward brackets 2 ar sleeve-"5- intermediatemfnthe eyes. and proscrews orbolts. 6 designates horizontal longitudinally -arranged brackets secured 'to-the sidesof the automobile body; at the-rear portion of said g body and located iii-line with; the horizontal 1 forwardbracketsfl and-which will be here inafter' termed f rear brackets to distinguish them from; the-brackets 2vwhichwill be hereinafter termedforward "brackets Elacli rear brackekdis provided with a central transverse opening- 7 and a radial slot- 8 that extends'outwardly andrearwardlyin the bracketvfrom said opening; I, The rear brackets 6 arei'each formed with end eyes 6 providin -means'whereby they may be screwed to t e automobile-body.-

j "9 designates the main or forward rearbow ofiny can py' and 10- are bow irons in which the-ends. 'sai-dboware mounted. Each of the bow'irons 10 is provided with a stern .411, seedotted lines, Fig.- VII," that projects.

inwardlyfr'o nthe iron and at the bottom oi -whichis 5 aradial -,feathers12 The stems and radial-fdatliersofthe bow irons 10 are f Tand radiallslQt'sIS ofthe rear brackets when theboWQ-"istilted forwardly from a vertical position to permit the paswge of adapted-to be passed through the openings v the ra dialfeat her of each rear stem through T the'.- slot#in-each*bracket anduafterthe ten1s .have bfsem-tlius introduced-"the bpwiQ-us elewated te vertical 'posit on theii'ed q-l feathers 12 are moved so that;theyfareout of re istrationwith the radialslots in the 1 ,rear rackets. 'Eacli. bow iron is prov ""vided at its inner side with a pivot stud 13 j located above its lower end, see dotted lines,

,Fig. VII.

14 is a back bow and 15 are back bow ironsto which the ends of the h 14 are fitted. 'Thebow irons 15 are pivoted to the boivvfirons 10 by fitting them toithe pivot studs 13 of the last named bowirons. At

' the-lower end of the bow iron 10 is a forwardly projeetin contains a keyho e shaped openinglO that transverse arm' 10 that is adapted to receive a member to be hereinafter more particularly referred-to.

' 16 designates a central or intermediate front bow of the canopy and 17 are bow irons to which the ends of said bow 16 are fitted. The bow irons 17, are provided at their inner sides and near their lower ends with stems 18 that are adapted to seat in the openings 3 of the brackets 2,, and at the lower sides of said stems are radial feathers 19 which are adapted to be passed through the radial slots 4 -in said forward'brackets when the central bow 16 is inelinedbackwardly during the mounting of the canopy but which radial feathers are adapted to f occupy theposition illustrated in-Fi IV and out of registration with the radial' 'slots 4:,v when said how; is in upright position,

thereby'causing the bow irons to be held to the forward brackets. 7' v 20 is a forward front bow that'is located in advance of 'the' central front bow-16 and which are 40 which is fitted to bow irons 2l that are provided atth'eir lower ends with studs'22- lvotally' mounted in the bow irons 17 of t e central bow.

'23 is a front bow located back of the central front bow and fitted to bow irons 2 1 which are loosely mounted upon the studs-22 of the bow irons 21, as seen'in Fig. V.

25 designates a flexible strap sheet or other connection member by which the rear end of the canopy cover 1 united to the automobile body A;

.' en it isdesired to lower my canopy 26 is a stra or other liekible connection memberfby w ich the forward end of the gariopy cover 1 is unitedto the automobile II, so that the to of the'withdrawal'of. thestems 18 1 ofthe irons 17 from the forward bra-ck- ;jets 2 whilegtheiradial feathers of said stems 'areri alin'ement with the radial slots 4 m said rackets. --The centralitfront bow is then folded together with the forward .bow 20 to the bow 23 and the entire set of front bows arejmoved' backwardl 'untilthe bow irons 17 of the central front ow are brought to-the-arms 10 of the rear bow irons 10.

The stems 18 of the front bow irons 17 are then passed through the keyhole shaped openings 10 in sai set of front bows to said bow irons 10 and to provide for the interlocking ofthe bowirons 17 with the bow irons 10. The ,two sets of the bows of the'canopy may-then be arms 10' to connectthelowered so that the canopy is folded, as seen in Fig, II. When it is desired to entirely re move thecanopy from the automobile body,

the entire canopy .is tilted forwardly in its folded condition, thereby permitthig the withdrawal of the stems 11 and their radial feathers 12 of the bow irons 10 through the rear brackets =6. This connection of the bow irons l0 fromthe rear brackets 6 is possible at suchtime, due to the :radial feathers 12 being moved into alinement with radial "slots 8 in said rear brackets. To provide for the support of the canopy when in'a folded condition I mount, ateach side ofthe body of the automobile adjacent to its rear end a hook shaped bracket arm 27 y located inline with the forward and rear 1 brackets, seeFigs. I, II and'VIII, in which the bows of the canopy rest when the canopy is folded, as seen in' Fig. IL, These bracket arms are preferably provided with eyes 28 that may receive 'a'strap or straps that are passed around thecanopy bows to hold them,

from play when the'canopy is folded. It is very=desirable in a folding canopy of the characterdescribed, to prevent abrasion of the, bows, due to frictional contact between them, of the canopy'when the cano y is folded and remains upon an antomobi e. I

Topi'event'such abrasion'I apply to'a art of the bows of my canopy separating plates" 29 and to the remainder of the bows separating plates 30. The separatingplates 29 are, 7 adapted to mate with the separating plates 30 when the canopy is folded, as seen in Fig.

the-bows apart om each other. .The separating plates 29 are see Figs. VII-I an rounded extremities 29? and; the separating ties of which e'nter'm'to the socket stems, as see'n'in Fig. VIII. By the construction deates will .combinedly hold (provided withstems29f, X, that terminate in p 1 plates some provided with socket stems 31 I {see Figs. VIII-and IX', that are adapted to receive thestems 29, the rounded eXtremi scribed, I provide'not only for the 'separa- I tlOIlOf the"canopy bows to prevent abrasion thereof, but also'so' fit the separating-plates to each other as to prevent lateral movement wardly extending curved handle, end seof any of the bows relative to the other curing eyes, and a hollow securing boss 10- bows when the canopy is folded and confined ca-ted intermediate of the end eyes. in a folded condition. EDWARD T. ROBINSON.

5 T olaim: In presence of- 'The forward horizontal bracket formed A. DIEKMANN, with a transverse keyhole openlng, a down- M. O. MURPHY. 

